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12/11/2013 5:26PM

Afghanistan Experts Stumped By Simple Questions

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.) had a simple question Wednesday for three of the Obama administration’s top Afghanistan specialists: How many American troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year? None of the witnesses at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan had an answer.

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I ... in your ... how much are we spending annually in Afghanistan now ... which it cost American taxpayers ... in Reno ... a night ... the the the each of the steps have somewhat different budgets there the whole bunch of my ... ago would be the nobody knows the total budget of over spending ... in Afghanistan ... Turin on Afghanistan ... they have an estimate ... I'm I'm sorry Congressman ... I don't I'll just have to say it is disheartening to ... data ... briefings from ... our government people who were involved in a project ... and they can tell you what how much we're spending ... annually and is in a memo to calculate ... how many killed and wounded ... we suffered in the last twelve months ... she's doing in which you know that ... Sir I'd you know and I'll get back with you on that one also we don't know what the cost is that we don't even know how many killed and wounded are ... and were supposed to believe you fellows ... have plans can ... could ... end up on a positive way in Afghanistan holding ... out all week